We hate the Kardashians?

Some people just hate the Kardashians. We don’t really. Just like a lot of other things in our culture, we tend to agree with the leading social commentary on whatever given topic. Then muscle memory in our brain takes over and just learns to hate it gradually over time. In “Why Do We Hate?” we’ll explore some of the people, companies, musicians, movies or whatever else our society has cast aside in the court of popular opinion.

Who else could we start this feature with but the Kardashians? As polarizing as it gets for one family, the Kardashian clan has built an empire based around gorgeous asses, sultry eyes and merchandise. Oh, and a sex tape thrown in there somewhere. Like it or not, that sex tape propelled the family into a TV show and constant paparazzi fodder, which turned into more TV shows, retail chains, countless hair, makeup and clothing endorsements and even a mobile video-game app that has netted a cool $43 million in revenue since its June release.

It raises the same question that porn does: If everyone isn’t watching and paying for it, how did it become a billion-dollar business? That’s the problem here — everyone loves to talk about how absurd it is that the Kardashians are famous for having no talent. Is business acumen not a talent all of a sudden? We praise corporate legends like Steve Jobs for building massive juggernaut companies from scratch, but can’t come to grips with this family doing it because they used their ass and titties? Hugh Hefner used other people’s ass and titties to build his empire, and we love him because he’s a cute old man in red velvet and slippers. So isn’t it far nobler to, if you’re going to profit from asses and titties, use your own?

Kim Kardashian tried to ‘Break the Internet’ with her Paper Magazine cover. Love her or hate her, she’s a marketing genius.

When middle sister extraordinaire Kim started dating Kanye West, which led to a baby and marriage, it probably didn’t help her cause as far as popularity was concerned. If there’s any person who could match Kim’s divisive effect on on the public, it is Yeezus. The pair create a vortex of public scorn so powerful that it draws us in even more, to the point where we can’t stop Googling them and buying their product. As a longtime Kanye fan, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t going to keep buying his albums anyway. But now, as a person who never had a shred of interest in reality television prior to this marriage, find myself watching clips online after I hear that ‘Ye made an appearance. Looking back, maybe that was their plan: Suck in the last remaining demographic that hadn’t fallen prey to their seductive grasp, the mid-20s hip-hop head who doesn’t usually watch Entertainment Television. Well congrats, you got me.

I’m generally against families putting their lives on blast for the world to see, usually at the detriment of their marriage, the sanity of their kids when they grow up, etc. However, in this case, I say live and let live in front of the camera. It’s simple supply and demand, really. If people are going to keep shoveling piles of their own money over onto the Kardashian’s expansive lawn, why should they stop filming parties on said lawn?

Brands only grow because people keep watching, buying and sharing. If you want the Kardashians to go away, that would require you to stop following them on Twitter, tuning in to their entire lineup of TV shows and buying their makeup and clothing lines.

I will readily admit that, yes, I do hate the Kardashians. Aside from being a horrible cautionary tale, there is nothing remotely redeeming about this group of troglodytes.
I, for one, have never watched an episode of any of their shows. I do not follow them on Twitter, and would rather have a large chunk of rusted metal shoved into my eyeball than buy any of their products.
And yet, I am aware of them because they are EVERYWHERE. This group of classless, self glorifying pukes have infiltrated every pore of the American consciousness.
So no, not ‘live and let live’. I will be the first person to put my hand up and say that I want them to go away…forever.
The downside to that would be that in order for the Kardashians to become passe, something even more horrible has to come along to replace it; and that scares me.
The demographic that drives the continuing success of the Kardashians are not only unintelligent, but vapid, and drama seeking as well, not to mention dangerous. They’re like a virulent disease that feeds on an ever increasing lowering of America’s IQ. Their main goal seems to be to completely obliterate anything that has to do with common sense or decency.
The one point I will agree with you on is that there is genius where their promotion is concerned.
As dark and vile as Kris Jenner’s soul and conscience are, she is an absolute master at the development and proliferation of a brand whose foundation rests on air.
She took a product, her offspring, and even though none of them have even a speck of any discernible talent, likability, or relatability, was able to construct a multi-million dollar empire.
She raised those kids without a whit of sense, morals, or self awareness. I fully believe that absolutely nothing could embarrass a Kardashian or Jenner child, except perhaps having their shows cancelled or not meeting the daily/weekly quota of selfies and egotistical stunts that give them press.
She raised a team of marketing cyborgs and unleashed them on the world. It is a testament to her depraved genius and the rampant idiocy than populates our country.
I can only imagine what could be accomplished for the betterment of the planet had Kris Jenner been born good rather than evil.
I guess we’ll never know.

Wow, look at the amount of jealousy and hatred seeping put from your soul. Please don’t let the vileness of your hatred choke you to death. I mean, you will sit here and allow hatred to consume and meanwhile,they will continue to make millions everyday: more money than you will ever see in your lifetime. And they will never even care about you or know you enough to care what you think of them! That must kill you: wasting all your energy hating people who give no fucks about you!

What I don’t understand is that people bash them for being who they are. Come on people!! This is reality TV and there’s a huge demand for entertainment like this. Much like wanting to gossip about your next door neighbor, only that they’re available on channel E!

I give it to Kris that she made an empire out of their ridiculous lives and huge ASSets. She sure knows how to capitalize on those things, so it’s a benefit to them instead of a liability. However, with fame comes haters and bashers. And the root of it all is jealousy or envy because they can make profit in the millions.

Just let them be and don’t support them if you don’t like them. All in all, they’re not criminals and they don’t hurt other people. There are far more worst people than this clan – aka Honey Boo Boo which was cancelled recently coz the matriarch is a stupid bitch who’s dating an ex-con, child molester who molested her own daughter. Now that I won’t support at all. That’s overly stupid and brainless compared to the Kardashians.